Zhao Yun, The Dragon of Chang Shan

赵云 (Zhao Yun) is actually one of the oldest Bai Ma Wang Zi in the earliest history. before even cartoon started or Disney established Snow White. A very handsome young man as history records stated, good in both literature and martial arts. And importantly, he always ride on his white steed. He is the stalwart of the Kingdom of Shu and he can be say the greates body guard one can wish. People like Najib will dream of hiring him because they need him. He was formerly an officer of Gongsun Zan. After being defeated by Yuan Shao, Zhao Yun roam the land on his white steed. Along the way, one of Guan Yu's subordinate who was a former Yellow Turban Rebellion officer and also happen to be a bandit wanted to steal his steed.

As the saying goes, "touch Zhao Yun's steed or his Lord, then his spear will touch you". The bandit was killed. Guan Yu was furious. An that is how Zhao Yun came into the service of Liu Bei when they confronted.

Zhao Yun was appointed as one of the Five Tiger Generals after Liu Bei establish Shu. This is due to his valour and his contribution in various major battles in history. the most famous is the Battle of Chang Ban whereby he alone, charged into Cao Cao's thousands of troops to save Liu Bei's son. And he succeeded. He also killed several Cao Cao's officers in the process. Another famous battle is the Battle of Bo Wang where Zhao Yun successfully led Xiahou Dun's troops into an ambush which destroy the entire 100000 army in the fire attack.

Back to this model, I must say that it is the most troublesome model in this series. Reason being there's a lot of colouring on its very small detail parts. the helm itself already took four colours. Its tedious job to make sure the colours don't go out of its boundaries. Even, Lu Bu, its not too hard. However, it pays off. The spear come with a dragon aura which is suitable for all long arm bearers ie: Guan Yu and such. And there is the steed:) its cool. Very cool. And the price is cheap. Only RM 40.00 excluding materials. This posts is long cause Zhao Yun is my favourite General in the Three Kingdom era.

Till then, Ja~